My MS Outlook spontaneously changed its format

Stan in Oly, WA

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When I opened Outlook this morning, it had changed to a format I don't want. Clicking on view and trying the other options available did not give me the opportunity to return to the one I like. It works normally, but the previous format offered a reduced sized window showing the contents of the email so that I could read it without actually opening it. Does anyone know what happened, and how I can fix it?

Thanks, Stan
 
2010? If it is, select the view tab. Then slightly right of center at the top, there will be some blue and white boxes. Click the dropdown for Reading Pane, it will allow you to select where to open the reading pane option. If you have and older version, I don't remember how it works. YouTube will have the answer tho.
 
What am I missing here? How is it possible to read an e-mail without opening it.
On a little different note, I have e-mail set so it take a double left click to open it and a while back some were opening on a single click. Other things were happening with a single click on web sites as well. I figured out it was my mouse and setting the mouse to slower speeds etc. did not help. New mouse took care of the problem. Went wireless mouse also.
 
pete 23;

The past and current emails were listed chronologically mid-screen. To the right of the list was a small window which would display the contents of an email when that email was highlighted on the list, but before it was double clicked to open it.

Stan
 
In whatever version of Outlook you're using, you need to find the settings for "Reading Pane."

Worst case scenario you can hit F1 for help and type "Reading Pane" into the search, and it will tell you how to get to its menu item.

The Reading Pane settings are generally under the View tab or View drop-down depending on which version of outlook you have.
 

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